Knockdown convertible ironing-board and table



Patented Feb. 22, 1921..

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w. w. ANDERSON.

KNOCKDOWN CONVERTIBLE IRONING BOARD AND TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAL-15, 1920.

v APPLICATION F 'ILED MAR. 15, I920 Patented Feb. 22,1921.

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, WILLIAM w. ANDERSON, or CHICAGO, rumors.

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To aZZ 'w7z0m it may concern.

Be it known thatI, VVILLiAM WV. ANDER- soN, a citizen of the United States, 'anda .resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Knockdown Convertible Ironing-Boards and Tables, of which the following, when taken in connectionwith the drawings accompanying and forming a part hereof, 1s a specification.

This invention relates to ironing boards 7 and to what are knownv as kitchen tables. 7

Among the ob ects of this invention are to obtain a constructmn which is convertible from an ironing board having a solid foundation to a table, and back to; an ironing board, at the will'ofthe operator and which 'when in use as an ironing board will be sufficiently rigid not to slip or move about on the legs and frame thereof; and when used-as a table cannot slip or move about on said frame and legs.

Additional objects are to'obtain a knockdown convertible ironing board andtable which is composed of fewparts, which are not liable to be broken or to get out of order;

and which when the several parts are in position for the use of the device as a table Wlll present a top having as'mooth surface,

having no recesses therein, and .no bolts,

screw heads, or other projections thereon. An additional object is to obtain a device of the character recited in which, when used as a table, the ironing .boardqlwill be fitted within the frame ofthe device, -out of sight and protected from 'dust and dirt.

In the drawings referred toFigure 1 is an isometric new of the dev1ce, with the several parts in position for its use as a table:

Fig. 2 is the same view, as Fig. 1, with the several parts in position for use as an ironing board: 7

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the frame and Fig. 4 is a vertical section, on lines 44 of Fig. 3, viewed in the by arrows Fig. 5 is a plan view ofthe top of the '7 device, showing the ironing board above the table top, as in 2, and j V Fig. 6 is a side elevationof the ironing board and table top in the position illus trated in Figsp2 and 5.

direction indicated I I Specification of Letters Patent. Pat t d F 22 9 Application file d March 15, 1920. Serial no. assets. I

aglven partindicates said part throughout the several figures of the drawings, Wher ever the same appears.-

A represents a table top, a' the smooth surface or side which'forms the upper side,

respectively secured to top A, on face a. thereof, as by na ls or screws e, e. F represents a cleat which is secured on said face a of top A, as by nails or screws f, f. "The ends 6' of cleat E, and the ends f of cleat F,,are respectively cut at an angle to the sides thereof, the faces of said. ends being n planes which are diagonalto the planes in whlch the sides extend. The purpose of v p I 'D represents an ironing .board. -E, E represent cleats which'are,

said diagonal faces'is to cause said ends to come close to contact with the inner faces of braces or cleats G, G, 'whenthe table top is in the position illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, with the ironing board D'thereunder. V

By the foregoing described arrangement, when the device is converted into a kitchen table the top cannot be moved longitudinally or laterally on the frame'formed by the rails B, B, B, B; but may be lifted vertically; to be removed therefrom; and face eof' sa1d'" top A, may be continuous and smo'oth,w1th no cracks, recesses or abutments thereon; for sanitary reasons. 7

To render the device of a knock-down character the braces G, G, fit, at their ends,

into dovetailed grooves on the inner faces of rails B, B, B', B', respectively, as is well illustrated in Fig. 3 of the'drawings; and bolts or lag screws H, H, are extended through said braces and into said legs. To

remove the legs from the frame it is simply necessary to remove said boltsv or leg screws from said legs.

I, I, represent cushions, preferably made of rubber, which are embedded in the upper edges of the frame, as say in legs 0, C, to

said legs, so that top A rests thereon, when side a of said top is uppermost. These cushions are particularly designed, with side extend a slight distance above the ends of A reference character applied to designate a of the top resting thereon, when the top 2 c a v 7 1,369,372

is in the position illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, (the ironing board being in position for use), to prevent movement of said table topion theframe wvlien the ironing board is used; said face a not sliding freely on said cushions.

To assemble the device, the braces Gr, G,

in the prevention of warping of said table lregs C," C, being secured to the frame as recited, top A is laid on said frame to rest on cushions 1,1, slightly above the upper ed es of the side rails B, B.

, aaidjtop being laid on said frame with side or face a uppermost, (for use of the device as a-kitchen table), the ends of cleats E and F are close to contact with the inner faces of braces G, G, and movement of the top, either longitudinally or laterally, on said frame is prevented; while atthe same a time said top may be lifted vertically and removed therefrom, reversed, and replaced thereon,with side a resting on cushions 1,1; the ironing board D being in position for use. When in this position said side a adheres to said cushion in a manner to lessen,

in a great measure, the tendency of the top to move 'or slide about on the frame,

When it is desired to have the top A, it

being placed on the frame formed by the end and side rails in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1, rest directly on the upper edges of said rails, the recesses J, J ,are made in side a of-said top, to admit cushionsI, I, thereinto. (See Fig. 5.)

frames of I claim: 1. In a convertible ironing board and table, a frame comprising side rails, end

rails and means comprising braces to join said side and end rails, in combination with a top removably mounted on said frame, an ironing board-secured on one side of said top in spaced relation thereto, and cleats also secured on said last side, the ends of said cleats-arranged to abut against saidv braces when said top is on said frame with said cleats and ironing board on the under side thereof.

2. A frame, in a convertible ironing board andtable, comprising side rails, end rails, and means comprising braces to 'join said side and end rails, and cushions "extending above the upper edges thereof, in combination witha top removably mounted on said frame, an ironing board, a plurality of means to secure said board on one side of said'top in spaced relation thereto, and a cleat also secured on said last side, the ends of one member ofsaid plurality of'means and of said cleat arranged. to abut aga nstv said braces when said top is placed on said frame to rest on said cushions with said ironing board and cleat on the under side of 1 saidtop. i 3. In a convertible ironing board and table, a frame comprising side rails, end

rails and means to join said side and end rails, and cushions extending above the upper edges thereof, in combination with a top removably mounted on said frame to rest on said cushions, and an ironing board secured on one side of said top in spaced relation thereto, said ironing board arranged to be inclosed by said frame when 'said'top rests on said cushions with said ironing board on the under side thereof.

, WILLIAM W',iANDERS ON.

In presence of, Y Y

, CHARLES TURNER Bnow v B. S.'BR0WN.' 

